""schoolyard ghosts" is no-man's sixth official studio album and its first since 2003's "together we're stranger". a distinctive combination of beautifully detailed songwriting, haunting melodies and inventively cinematic production, "schoolyard ghosts" sees no-man's core duo of tim bowness and steven wilson expanding the band's sonic palette by collaborating with californian pedal steel ace bruce kaphan, saxophonist/flautist theo travis, drummers pat mastelotto and gavin harrison and the london session orchestra. the black vinyl edition includes the album plus alternates and edits, and is packed in gatefold picture sleeve with photography and design by carl glover. a special limited edition of only 1,000 copies is pressed on coloured double vinyl, and housed in a numbered cardboard slipcase, that also contains a full-colour 16page 12x12inch picture booklet, plus a 7" with three exclusive schoolyard ghosts demos." (label info)